Michael Rose

Michael Rose (5 January 1940-) was a British Army general who commanded the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994 during the Bosnian War.

Biography
Michael Rose was born in British India in 1940, and he entered the British Army in 1959. From 1973 to 1975, he served as a Major in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, and he became a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1978. He assisted in the rescue of the hostages during the Iran embassy siege of 1980 and also fought in the Falklands War of 1982, rising in the ranks of the special forces. From 24 January 1994 to 23 January 1995, he commanded the United Nations peacekeeping forces sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War, and he retired from the military in 1997.